Table 2.
Comparison of FMA-UE, WMFT, and MBI points between two groups
| Variables | BCI group (n = 30) | CR group (n = 30) | Estimated Difference BCI vs. CR (95%CI) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FMA-UE | Baseline | 29.0(21.8, 42.3) | 36.0(24.0, 43.3) | −2.5 (− 10.0 to 3.0) | 0.351 |
| Final | 46.0(33.8, 55.8) | 39.5(27.8, 45.0) | 6.0 (0.0 to 13.0) | 0.049 | |
| Change-value | 11.0(8.0, 16.3) | 4.0(2.8, 5.0) | 8.0 (5.0 to 10.0) | < 0.001 | |
| WMFT | Baseline | 30.5(22.0, 43.8) | 31.5(24.8, 45.5) | −2.0 (− 9.0 to 4.0) | 0.433 |
| Final | 51.5(38.0, 59.8) | 40.0(32.8, 50.3) | 9.0 (1.0 to 17.0) | 0.033 | |
| Change-value | 13.5(9.8, 22.3) | 5.0(3.8, 6.3) | 8.0 (6.0 to 11.0) | < 0.001 | |
| MBI | Baseline | 54.5(45.0, 65.8) | 52.5(43.8, 68.5) | 0.0 (− 7.0 to 7.0) | 0.965 |
| Final | 80.0(70.0, 93.3) | 62.5(48.8, 72.2) | 18.0 (9.1 to 25.0) | < 0.001 | |
| Change-value | 24.0(16.8, 30.0) | 6.5(4.0, 9.0) | 17.0 (12.0 to 21.0) | < 0.001 |
Medians and 25 and 75% quartiles are shown; Change-value:final-baseline; BCI: brain-computer interface; CR: conventional rehabilitation; FMA-UE: Fugl-Meyer Motor Function of Upper Extremity Scale; WMFT: Wolf Motor Function Test; MBI: Modified Barthel Index